Douglas G. Baird

Publications

• Fraudulent Transfer Law’s Forgotten Foundations
  5 U. CHI. BUS. L. REV. (2025) · The University of Chicago Business Law Review · 2025
• The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations
  36 EMORY BANKR. DEV. J. 699 (2020) · Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal · 2020
• Corporate Panel: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations
  Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal · 2020
• Corporate Bankruptcy Panel--The Fraudulent Conveyance Origins of Chapter 11: An Essay on the Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations
  36 EMORY BANKR. DEV. J. 671 (2020) · Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal · 2020
• Common Law Judging in an Age of Statutes
  87 U. CHI. L. REV. (2020) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2020

• Unlikely Resurrection: Richard Posner, Promissory Estoppel, and The Death of Contract
  86 U. CHI. L. REV. (2019) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2019
• Pari Passu Clauses and the Skeuomorph Problem in Contract Law
  67 DUKE L.J. 84 (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• In Memoriam: Abner J. Mikva
  83 U. CHI. L. REV. (2016) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2016
• In Memoriam: Abner J. Mikva (1926-2016)
  83 U. CHI. L. REV. 1717 (2016) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2016
• Bankruptcy Step Zero
  2012 SUP. CT. REV. (2012) · Supreme Court Review · 2012
• Bankruptcy from Olympus
  77 U. CHI. L. REV. 959 (2010) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2010
• Antibankruptcy
  119 YALE L.J. 648 (2010) · Yale Law Journal · 2010

• The Bankruptcy Exchange
  4 BROOK. J. CORP. FIN. & COM. L. (2009) · Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law · 2009
• The Holmesian Bad Man's First Critic
  44 TULSA L. REV. 739 (2009) · Tulsa Law Review · 2009
• In Memoriam: Bernard D. Meltzer (1914-2007)
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• The Young Astronomers
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. 1641 (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• Beyond Recidivism
  54 BUFF. L. REV. 343 (2006) · Buffalo Law Review · 2006
• Symposium on the Law and Economics of Consumer Choice
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• Discharge, Waiver, and the Behavioral Undercurrents of Debtor-Creditor Law
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• The Boilerplate Puzzle
  104 MICH. L. REV. 933 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• Absolute Priority, Valuation Uncertainty, and the Reorganization Bargain
  115 YALE L.J. 1930 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• Debtor-In-Possession Financing (Pre-Petition & Lock-Up Agreements)
  1 DEPAUL BUS. & COM. L.J. 589 (2005) · DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal · 2005
• Conflicts of Interest & Other Ethical Issues
  1 DEPAUL BUS. & COM. L.J. 557 (2005) · DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal · 2005
• Wrap-Up: Tomorrow's Bankruptcy Issues
  1 DEPAUL BUS. & COM. L.J. 603 (2005) · DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal · 2005
• Secured Lending and Its Uncertain Future
  25 CARDOZO L. REV. 1789 (2004) · Cardozo Law Review · 2004
• Remembering Pine Gate, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 5 (2004)
  38 UIC L. REV. (2004) · UIC Law Review · 2004
• In Coase's Footsteps
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• Llewellyn's Heirs
  62 LA. L. REV. (2002) · Louisiana Law Review · 2002
• Fourt (or Five) Easy Lessons from Enron
  55 VAND. L. REV. 1787 (2002) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2002
• Control Rights, Priority Rights, and the Conceptual Foundations of Corporate Reorganizations
  87 VA. L. REV. 921 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001
• Commercial Norms and the Fine Art of the Small Con: Comments on Daniel Keating's 'Exploring the Battle of the Forms in Action'
  98 MICH. L. REV. 2716 (2000) · Michigan Law Review · 2000

• Boyd's Legacy and Blackstone's Ghost
  1999 SUP. CT. REV. (1999) · Supreme Court Review · 1999
• Bankruptcy's Uncontested Axioms
  108 YALE L.J. 573 (1998) · Yale Law Journal · 1998
• Importance of Priority
  82 CORNELL L. REV. 1420 (1997) · Cornell Law Review · 1997
• The Future of Law and Economics: Looking Forward
  64 U. CHI. L. REV. (1997) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1997
• Introduction
  64 U. CHI. L. REV. 1129 (1997) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1997
• Remembering Walter
  62 U. CHI. L. REV. (1995) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1995
• The Reorganization of Closely Held Firms and the “Opt Out” Problem
  72 WASH. U. L. REV. 913 (1994) · Washington University Law Review · 1994
• Security Interests Reconsidered
  80 VA. L. REV. 2249 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• Revisiting Auctions in Chapter 11
  36 J. L. & ECON. (1993) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1993
• Introduction: Taking Stock
  36 J. L. & ECON. (1993) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1993
• A Simple Noncooperative Bargaining Model of Corporate Reorganizations
  20 J. LEGAL STUD. (1991) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1991
• Fraudulent Conveyances, Agency Costs, and Leveraged Buyouts
  20 J. LEGAL STUD. (1991) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1991
• Self-Interest and Cooperation in Long-Term Contracts
  19 J. LEGAL STUD. (1990) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1990

• The Seventh Amendment and Jury Trials in Bankruptcy
  1989 SUP. CT. REV. (1989) · Supreme Court Review · 1989
• Bargaining after the Fall and the Contours of the Absolute Priority Rule
  55 U. CHI. L. REV. (1988) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1988
• A World Without Bankruptcy
  50 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 173 (1987) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1987
• Loss Distribution, Forum Shopping, and Bankruptcy: A Reply to Warren
  54 U. CHI. L. REV. (1987) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1987
• The Uneasy Case for Corporate Reorganizations
  15 J. LEGAL STUD. (1986) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1986
• Fraudulent Conveyance Law and Its Proper Domain
  38 VAND. L. REV. 829 (1985) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1985
• Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse Ownership Interests: A Comment on Adequate Protection of Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy
  51 U. CHI. L. REV. (1984) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1984
• Information, Uncertainty, and the Transfer of Property
  13 J. LEGAL STUD. (1984) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1984
• Changing Technology and Unchanging Doctrine: Sony Corporation v. Universal Studios, Inc.
  1984 SUP. CT. REV. (1984) · Supreme Court Review · 1984
• Common Law Intellectual Property and the Legacy of International News Service v. Associated Press
  50 U. CHI. L. REV. (1983) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1983
• Notice Filing and the Problem of Ostensible Ownership
  12 J. LEGAL STUD. (1983) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1983
• Standby Letters of Credit in Bankruptcy
  49 U. CHI. L. REV. (1982) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1982
• Bankruptcy Procedure and State-Created Rights: The Lessons of Gibbons and Marathon
  1982 SUP. CT. REV. (1982) · Supreme Court Review · 1982
• Rules, Standards, and the Battle of the Forms: A Reassessment of § 2-207
  68 VA. L. REV. 1217 (1982) · Virginia Law Review · 1982